Johannes Groh
Johannes Groh (born March 7, 1786 in Wecklingen , Bliesgau ; † August 29, 1857 in Speyer ) was a German Catholic priest , seminary rain and cathedral capitular in the diocese of Speyer .
Life
He came from Wecklingen in today's Saarland . He studied under Bishop Charles Mannay in Trier and was ordained a priest there on June 8, 1811. The bishop sent Johannes Groh to the St. Sulpice seminary in Paris for further training , after which he appointed him to sub-rain at the Trier seminary .
The Prussians banished Charles Mannay from Trier in 1814 and he officially resigned from his office in August 1816. In this context, Groh switched to pastoral care and took over the parish of Kleinblittersdorf on October 20, 1814 . In the same year he came to Habkirchen , where he stayed until 1823. Habkirchen fell to the re-established diocese of Speyer in 1821, in whose service Groh also entered. From 1823 to 1828 he was pastor of Zweibrücken , 1828-1830 of Contwig .
As early as 1829, Bishop Johann Martin Manl had appointed him Regens of the Speyer seminary that had been founded two years earlier . Groh held this office until 1837. On January 11, 1830, King Ludwig I of Bavaria presented him as Speyer cathedral capitular. A special relationship of trust existed with Bishop Johann Jakob von Geissel , who was usually accompanied by him on trips. Finally, Johannes Groh became the custodian of the Speyer Cathedral and died in 1857 as a “benevolent, honest, pious old man” , as Franz Xaver Remling recorded in 1867 in his Modern History of the Bishops of Speyer .
He was buried in the old cemetery in Speyer . The grave no longer exists, when the former canon crypt was dissolved, the bones were reburied in the newly created cathedral chapter cemetery at St. Bernhard's Church. Here a stele commemorates the early canons of the new Speyer diocese. Johann Groh is also recorded on it with his life data.
literature
- Franz Xaver Remling : Modern history of the bishops of Speyer , Speyer, 1867, p. 469 u. 470; (Digital scan)
- Guido Nonn: The canons since the re-establishment of the Speyer diocese, in 1817 , volume 5 of the writings of the Speyer diocesan archive , 1981, p. 31
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| SURNAME | Groh, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Catholic priest, seminary rain and cathedral capitular in the Diocese of Speyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1786 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wecklingen , Bliesgau |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 29, 1857 |
| Place of death | Speyer |